Around Salmon Hatchery area in Capilano River Regional Park. Grew on the downhill side of a slope beyond the pedestrian trail.
Latitude
49.36
Longitude
-123.115
Altitude
90 m
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146723
Morphological Description
Collector
Molly Ariadne Cheng
Number
MAC_17
Other Collectors
Eric Gordon
Determined by
Molly Ariadne Cheng
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Habitat
Grew on humid soil; single or clustered with mosses under Douglasfir, hemlocks and deer ferns.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 5 orange
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 11
Spore width: 7
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 2 bitter
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 4
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 1
Stipe length: 6
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Ring color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Volva type: 6 none
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
